January 27, 2014

Mayor Quan City Administrator Deanna Santana 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor Oakland, CA 94612 Council President Pat Kernighan Council Member Dan Kalb 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 2/F Oakland, CA 94612 Council Member Lynette McElhany 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 232 Oakland, CA 94612 Vice Mayor/Council Member Larry Reid Council Member Libby Schaaf Council Member Noel Gallo 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 2nd Fl. Oakland, CA 94612 Council Member Desley Brooks 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA 94612 Council Member/President Pro Tem Rebecca Kaplan 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 243 Oakland, CA 94612 City Attorney Barbara Parker 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 6th Fl. Oakland, CA 94612 Re: Domain Awareness Center Phase 2 Professional Services Contract - Debarment of Schneider Electric and all remaining bidders; Public Safety Committee must reject proposed resolution submitted by staff in the January 10, 2014 DAC Phase 2 Agenda Report. Dear Sir/Madam: Please be advised that the professional services contract between the City of Oakland (the City) and Schneider Electric (Schneider), governing the implementation of the Domain Awareness Center Phase II Project (Phase 2), is in violation of the following:

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The Citys Municipal Code; specifically, Section 2.12.050; and The Citys Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance, No. 11478. Schneider has violated Municipal Code 2.12.050 with submission of false info; failure to conform to terms pertaining to City contracting policies; commission of fraud; making false statements/fraudulently obtaining public funds; failure to pay wages; violation of licensing laws/patent infringement; commission of egregious acts and unlawful offenses; and commission of acts which negatively reflects on the contractor's quality, fitness or capacity to perform a contract with the Cityincluding, false certifications or statements..; moreover, Schneider and its subsidiaries are non-compliant with the Citys Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance, No. 11748, because they regularly conduct business affairs in connection with the provision and maintenance of nuclear weapons systems. This letter constitutes notice of signatories intention to seek judicial relief, under Cal. Code of Civil Proc. 1094.51 and Cal. Civil Code 526a, to enjoin Schneider and the remaining Phase 2 bidders from performing under the above-referenced contract.2 MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATIONS Section 2.12.050 provides in relevant part as follows: In accord with Section 2.12.030, the City may debar a contractor if the City finds, in its discretion, that the contractor has, or is engaged in, any of the following:

An abuse of discretion occurs when a party has not proceeded in the manner required by law, when the decision is not supported by findings, or when the findings are not supported by the evidence Browning-Ferris Industries v. City Council (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 852, 861. 2 An action to obtain a judgment restraining and preventing illegal expenditure or waste of funds of a city may be maintained against any officer, agent, or other person acting in its behalf by a citizen resident therein who has within one year before the commencement of the action paid a tax to such city. (Sec. 526a, C.C.P.; Brown v. Boyd, 33 Cal.App.2d 416, 423, 91 P.2d 926.) Wirin v. Horrall (1948) 85 Cal.App.2d 497, 504. We have noted that this action is brought as a taxpayer's suit under section 526a of the Code of Civil Procedure to enjoin the allegedly illegal expenditure of public funds. The use of section 526a as a means of challenging the legality of ongoing police investigatory activities has a long and firmly established heritage in this state. White v. Davis (1975) 13 Cal.3d 757, 762-63. See also Cornelius v. Los Angeles County etc. Authority (1996) 49 Cal.App.4th 1761, 1775.

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A. Willful or intentional misconduct in connection with any City bid, request for qualifications, request for proposals, purchase order and/or contract including, without limitation: 2. Submission of false information in response to a solicitation, advertisement or invitation for bids or quotes; 3. Submission of false information in response to a solicitation or request for qualifications or proposals; B. Willful or intentional failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more contracts including, but not limited to, terms pertaining to City contracting policies; C. Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public agreement or transaction; E. Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, making false statements, submitting false information, attempting to commit a fraud against the City, receiving stolen property, making false claims to any public entity, obstructing justice, fraudulently obtaining public funds; L. Any other significant Labor Law violations, including, but not limited to, child labor violations, failure to pay wages, or unemployment insurance tax delinquencies. S. Commission of an egregious act or unlawful offense which indicates a lack of business integrity or business honesty; U. Failure to perform or unsatisfactory performance of one or more City contracting policies; V. Commission of any act or omission which negatively reflects on the contractor's quality, fitness or capacity to perform a contract with the City or any other public entity, or which negatively reflects on same including, but not limited to, deficiencies in ongoing contracts, false certifications or statements, fraud in performance or billing or lack of financial or technical resources. Our research has indicated at least fifteen separate violations under Municipal Code 2.12.050, and the number is likely to increase with additional information. Schneider is ineligible to receive the above-mentioned Phase 2 professional services contract. For example: Micciche v. Schneider Electric et al. (August 2012) - $1.1 million Court approved settlement various wage and hour violations, employee class action, in violation of Municipal Code 2.12.050 L.3 Chint v. Schneider Electric (September 2007) - $45 million damages awarded to Chint for Schneiders patent infringement, in violation of 2.12.050 M; S; V.4 Schneider lists as clients: Los Alamos National Laboratory; Lockheed Martin; Wright Patterson Air Force Base all heavily involved in nuclear weapons, in violation of the

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Municipal Code 2.12.050 A 2, 3; B; C; U; V, and Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance, No. 11748.5 NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS The Citys Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance, No. 11478 (Ordinance), provides in relevant part as follows: For the purposes of determining which persons are nuclear weapons makers, the City Manager shall rely on information published by reliable sources and information released by public agencies. Ordinance Sec. 6(h). Schneiders participation in nuclear weapons is detailed further below, and our supporting material contains Schneiders own corporate documentation and marketing materials, reliable sources of its actions. Furthermore, the City shall refrain from conducting business with persons found to have knowingly supplied false information used in fulfillment of the requirements of this Ordinance. Ordinance Sec. 13(c). Thus, submission of false information regarding a contractors compliance is fatal to its pursuit of the contract. The Schneider proposal contains false statements of compliance with the ordinance, signed under penalty of perjury. Although the City deemed Schneider in compliance with its Ordinance6, even the most cursory internet search shows otherwise. For example: In its Annual Report released March 2011, Schneider states that it has unsuccessfully attempted to be included in the FTSE4Good Index, and that it does not fulfill the criteria for inclusion into the index, because it is involved in the business of selling products to the military sector and some of these products are included in nuclear arms systems.7 One of the very first Google search items returned after typing in the words Schneider Electric and Nuclear Weapon is 2014 Schneider marketing material stating its involvement in nuclear weapons work for submarines.8

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDwQFjAC&url=http% 3A%2F%2Fstatic.schneiderelectric.us%2Fdocs%2FElectrical%2520Distribution%2FServices%2F1910BR1205.pdf&ei=b0HaUsfAAdSsQSThoHoCA&usg=AFQjCNEJB2OiuNAp0fgKEM52sBIC1T3eMw&sig2=q4ENIULsWFs4hpXVq4XE0A&bvm =bv.59568121,d.cWc , attached as Exhibit A. 6 January 16, 2014 Baig to Santana, Agenda Report re Domain Awareness Center, Phase 2 Contract 7 March 2011 release date, Schneider Electric 2010 Annual Report, pg. 61 FTSE4Good Indexes, attached as Exhibit B. 8 http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/electrical/schneider-energy/ , attached as Exhibit C.

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In order to submit a complete bid proposal, Schneider had to submit and sign, like all bidders, Schedule P Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance compliance, under the penalty of perjury.9 Any personknowingly supplying false information in connection with a designation of nuclear weapons makers under sections 6 and 7 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable therefor Ordinance Sec. 13 (b). Schneider has either perjured itself, intending to defraud the City of public funds by illegally obtaining this contract, or it never submitted a complete bid. Either is fatal to its pursuit of this contract. Finally, pursuant to City action in November 2013, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was terminated by the City of Oakland for noncompliance with the Ordinance, and other violations under Municipal Code 2.12.050.10 SAICs termination created precedent and the same standard must be equally applied to Schneider and the remaining Phase 2 bidders, lest the City be guilty of acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Because of the potential for abuse arising from deviations from strict adherence to [competitive bidding] standards ... the letting of public contracts universally receives close judicial scrutiny.... [Citations Omitted] Eel River Disposal and Resource Recovery, Inc. v. Humboldt (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 209, 225. REMAINING PHASE 2 CONTRACTORS MUST BE DEBARRED The remaining bidders on the Phase 2 project all have ties to and are intimately involved in nuclear weapons, in violation of the above ordinance. Motorola: Heavily involved in Trident II missile work at Kings Bay. 11 G4S: Heavily involved in nuclear weapons work, DOE, NNSA.12 GTSI: Supplies the National Nuclear Security Administration. 13 In order to bid on Phase 2, these bidders have either submitted false information stating that they are in compliance with the Ordinance, and thus they are guilty of additional violations of Municipal Code 2.12.050 as described above, or they have failed to submit a complete bid, either one preventing an award of this contract.

August 2, 2013 City of Oakland Inter Office Memorandum from Barnes (Contracts and Compliance) to Santana (City Administrator) et al. re Domain Awareness Center (DAC) Compliance with the Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance. 10 https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1633990&GUID=9B787EF3-48FD-4FE5-912DEA7E9E6AE3B1&Options=&Search= 11 http://www.governmentcontractswon.com/department/defense/trident-ii-missile.asp?spg=27&yr=12 , attached as Exhibit D. 12 http://www.g4sgs.com/critical_infrastructure.html , attached as Exhibit E. 13 http://www.thesymbiont.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=370&Itemid=63 , attached as Exhibit F.

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COUNCIL MUST VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR AWARD OF PHASE 2 Because adequate evidence exists supporting debarment of Schneider and the remaining bidders, and because information concerning the existence of cause for debarment from any source shall be promptly investigated and referred to the City Administrator for consideration, the Public Safety Committee must vote no on the proposed resolution to award the Phase 2 contract at its January 28, 2014 meeting.14 Sincerely,

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City of Oakland Municipal Code 2.12.040 B, E